An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1840 - English language |
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... spelt bere with us . " She [ Zenobia ] was so swift that she anon them hent , And when that she was eldir , she would kill Lions , libardes , and BERIS all to rent And her armis welde ' em at her will . " - CHAUCER . VOL . II . B Berd ...
... spelt bere with us . " She [ Zenobia ] was so swift that she anon them hent , And when that she was eldir , she would kill Lions , libardes , and BERIS all to rent And her armis welde ' em at her will . " - CHAUCER . VOL . II . B Berd ...
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... spelt waarter . Hol , hollow , empty , where nothing is . Our obsolete words wanhop , the Dutch wan - hope ( despair ) ... CHAUCER . " Of rosis there werin grete WONE So faire werin nevir in Rone ( Rouen ) . " - IDEM . " A Shipman was ...
... spelt waarter . Hol , hollow , empty , where nothing is . Our obsolete words wanhop , the Dutch wan - hope ( despair ) ... CHAUCER . " Of rosis there werin grete WONE So faire werin nevir in Rone ( Rouen ) . " - IDEM . " A Shipman was ...
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... CHAUCER . " And whiles that she and I debated so , Came Diligence , and sawe me al in bléwe ; ' Suster , ' quoth she ... spelt tonge , and always so by Chaucer . * More agreeable . + More disagreeable . Neither one nor other , neither ...
... CHAUCER . " And whiles that she and I debated so , Came Diligence , and sawe me al in bléwe ; ' Suster , ' quoth she ... spelt tonge , and always so by Chaucer . * More agreeable . + More disagreeable . Neither one nor other , neither ...
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... Chaucer the word is spelt belous ; which form comes still nearer to that of the original beloeye's . " Thou , neither , like a bellows , swell'st thy face , As if thou wert to blow the burning mass Of melting ore . " " He gan to blasin ...
... Chaucer the word is spelt belous ; which form comes still nearer to that of the original beloeye's . " Thou , neither , like a bellows , swell'st thy face , As if thou wert to blow the burning mass Of melting ore . " " He gan to blasin ...
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... spelt by Chaucer and others , to yeve ; and our to yield , for- merly spelt to gelde , in the sense of to produce , to give up , or out , or in , is the same word with Dutch gelden , gilden , to be worth , to requite [ return ] in value ...
... spelt by Chaucer and others , to yeve ; and our to yield , for- merly spelt to gelde , in the sense of to produce , to give up , or out , or in , is the same word with Dutch gelden , gilden , to be worth , to requite [ return ] in value ...
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Common terms and phrases
analogous Anglo-Saxon aspirate belongs bend Bije BILDERDIJK bring called CHAUCER chop contracted participle present derives dialect dije dijen direction of sense Doogh Dutch ellipsis etymology evidently explained expression favour fellow female fetch fool formerly spelt French German gode grete grounded groundedly hand head heart heet heeten Hence herte hold hoon HORNE TOOKE horse HUDIBRAS IBID IDEM ijse implying import intermutating Italian JOHNSON says keye labour language Latin literal form maie meaning mede meê metathesis mind nature never original form pain participle past participle present past participle phrase play potential mood præterite pronounce prosopopoeia question quoth regard Saxon schie semid SHAKSPEARE shrewd sounds Spanish spelt by CHAUCER suspect taele tell term thema ther thing thou TITMOUSE travesty trope turn utter verb watir whence Wijse word wote